Scott Woods, Toms River, has been promoted to vice president of finance and administration of the Watchung Cos., Lakewood. As vice president, Woods will oversee daily operations, manage employee compensation packages, and analyze vendor contracts. He was hired as corporate controller in charge of finance in 1999 and will continue in that capacity as well. Woods has 10 years of accounting experience.
Martin Cinquemane, Brick, has been hired by The Watchung Cos., Lakewood, to head corporate sales for both the water and coffee divisions in Ocean and Monmouth counties. He will work directly for Lily Vega, director of marketing and corporate sales.
Cinquemane earned a bachelor of arts degree in marketing from New York Institute of Technology. Before joining Watchung, he worked as an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service for five years, and was an account executive with Comcast and then Cablevision. He is a member of the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce.
T.J. Maxx has opened a store in Howell. The 24,150-square-foot store is in Howell Commons at Route 9 and Locust Avenue. T.J. Maxx, a Massachusetts-based, off-price retailer with over 730 stores in 47 states, opened its first store in 1977. In addition to providing a new shopping option for local residents and area workers, the new store will add approximately 75 full- and part-time jobs to the area. T.J. Maxx stores nationwide, including the Howell store, sponsor a child through Save the Children.
Store associates send cards and gifts to their child throughout the year. Save the Children’s goal is to attempt to make lasting, positive changes in the lives of disadvantaged children and their communities. Presently T.J. Maxx sponsors more than 750 children across the United States.
Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood, received a bequest from Alexander and Amanda Knoll in the amount of $1 million. The gift is one of the largest single donations to the Kimball Medical Center Foundation. Mrs. Knoll was a longtime volunteer at Kimball.
"Mr. and Mrs. Knoll had a history of donating to the medical center dating back to 1984, when Mr. Knoll was a patient there," said Gregory A. Surman, attorney for the late couple’s estate. "The Knolls wished to leave their estate to Kimball Medical Center in recognition of the importance of providing the highest quality health care to their community, and I am pleased that this couple will always be remembered for their philanthropy."
In appreciation of the couple’s generosity, the foundation has chosen to honor the Knolls by naming the new radiology suite in their memory.
Georgian Court College hosted its sixth annual "Gilded Age Gala" Oct. 4 and raised more than $150,000 to support the Georgian Court College scholarship fund. This marks the highest amount achieved since the event was first held in 1998.
More than 300 business and community leaders attended this year’s event. In addition to auctioning off more than 100 items, The Bonitas Award was given posthumously to Mary Gundrum. She was a resident of South Amboy and graduated from the college in 1925. She taught home economics and cooking to Woodbridge junior high and high school students for nearly 40 years.
Her niece, Rosemary Todino of Brick, a 1956 graduate of the college, accepted the award on her aunt’s behalf.
Kim Sakevich of Brick, a senior who will graduate with a bachelor of art degree in the spring, was one of the students on hand to thank scholarship supporters.
Other guests included Sen. Robert W. Singer and Meridian Health CEO John K. Lloyd, both members of the college’s board of trustees, as well as Commerce Bank Vice President Dominick Servodio.